# \*ṣdp: 'precipice, cliff; side of a mountain' > Proto-Semitic *ṣdp, 'precipice, cliff; side of a mountain': reflexes in 5 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ṣ](). Updated 2026-10-28. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ṣdp | | Meaning | 'precipice, cliff; side of a mountain' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Geez | ṣadf (pl. ʾaṣdāf) (LGz. 547) | LGz. 547 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | ṣädäf (LGz. 547) | LGz. 547 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | ṣädfi (LGz. 547) | LGz. 547 | gloss withheld | | Amharic | ṭädəf (LGz. 547) | LGz. 547 | gloss withheld | | Arabic | ṣadaf 'anything high, or lofty, such as a wall and a mountain; the side of a mountain'; ṣadaf, ṣuduf, ṣudaf, ṣaduf 'the place of ending, or breaking off, of a (lofty) mountain; the side of a mountain' (Lane 1666) | Lane 1666 | | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes LGz. 547 sets Arabic ṣadaf 'something that is high or lofty (such as a wall or a mountain), ravine' beside the Geez. Geez ṣadfa (yəṣdəf) 'fall off a cliff, plunge headlong, fall into an abyss', ʾaṣdafa 'hurl down, throw down a precipice', ṣədfat 'falling down (from a high place)'; Tigre ṣädfa, Tigrinya ṣädäfä, Amharic ṣäddäfä 'fall down' (LGz. 547). Arabic aṣ-ṣadafāni (Qurʾān 18:95) 'two mountains meeting together' (Lane 1666). Arabic ṣadafa 'turn away' (Lane 1665) and ṣadaf 'shell' (Lane 1666) are other words. ## Linked from - [ṣ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tsade/3717_precipice_cliff_side_of_a_mountain/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.